NEWS

Jinja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Independent Presidential Candidate, John Katumba on Friday launched his campaign trail in Busoga sub-region. Katumba started mobilizing his supporters through a radio talk show at around 11:00 am but midway the radio program, he moved out of the studios and jumped on a waiting motorcycle. …

Lira, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Lango Paramount Chief Yosam Odur Ebii has named a new cabinet. In July, Ebii dissolved his cabinet after attempts by some ministers to oust him. He later delegated Eng. James Robert Ajal, the Lango Prime Minister to run the affairs of Lango Cultural Foundation …

  Luweero, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Police has blocked the National Unity Platform Presidential candidate from holding rallies within major town councils in the Greater Luweero districts. According to Electoral Commission campaign programme, NUP Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu is expected to campaign in Nakasongola, Luwero and Nakaseke districts …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Ugandans in the diaspora have mega opportunities to exploit in the agriculture value chain for Uganda using their periodical earnings, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation Country Representative for Uganda Dr. Antonio Querido. He was speaking to The Independent during the Uganda Diaspora Agribusiness …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Makerere University Council has called for the search process for the substantive deputy vice-chancellor in charge of Finance and Administration. The decision of the council has already been communicated by the acting University secretary Yusuf Kiranda in his November 24 letter. “…the council decided …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has started a process to operationalize new 117 seed secondary schools that had been stalled over the last years. Patrick Muinda, the Ministry of Education spokesperson notes that more than 41 Billion Shillings has been allocated in the current …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entrepreneurs and prospective investors in Uganda are getting more concerned about long bureaucratic procedures in dealing with government, than they are concerned with corruption or bribery, according to a survey. The procedures involved when an investor wants to start up a business in Uganda, …

Kampala, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | MTV Africa and MTV Base have partnered with Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) to host the continental flagship award show of MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMAs) 2021. The partnership was announced during a virtual press conference broadcast from Johannesburg and Kampala by Monde Twala and Craig …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four senior security officers in Masaka district are on the spot for allegedly torturing National Unity Platform- NUP leaders and coordinators in the area. Enoch Abaine, the greater Masaka Regional Police Commander, David Nyesigire Katunda, the Masaka District Police Commander, Majid Owepukulu, the in-charge Masaka …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Access to clean water sources within rural communities in Kitgum district has continued to persist. This is revealed in a recent report on Water and Sanitation from the district local government indicating some 17,913 people in 62 villages across the district are living without safe …